Josh Catone

Marketing leader

I'm a tech journalist-turned-marketer with nearly two decades of experience. I've worked for and with great companies like Rebuy, Mashable, ReadWrite, x.ai, Food Network, PartnerHero, OpenPhone, SitePoint, SkyVerge, Feedly, and GoDaddy.

On the side, I build things: Cork, a virtual index card tool for writers, plus a few other projects.

Josh Catone, smiling, in a New York cap in front of a rocky hillside

Projects

Things I make when I'm not doing marketing.

Cork

A virtual corkboard of index cards for writers. Lay out scenes, characters, and research, then arrange, stack, and link them until the shape of the story shows itself.

cork.is

Vast app icon: a pale moon over horizon lines

Vast Coming soon

An app that creates non-repeating ambient soundscapes for sleep, focus, and meditation.

vast.fm

SeamWord

A daily word puzzle: find the mystery word hidden in the letter grid. It gets harder every day of the week.

seamword.com

Quick Prompts

A free creative writing prompt generator with over 950 million combinations, each paired with an atmospheric image.

quickprompts.ink

The Fluffington Post

Your #1 source for fluffy animal news. Extremely serious journalism, and not at all a joke.

thefluffingtonpost.com

Experience

Over the past 12 years I've built and led marketing teams for several startups. Before that, I wrote about technology for magazines, newspapers, and websites.

RebuyVP of Marketing2024–2026
PartnerHeroHead of Growth & Marketing2022–2024
OpenPhone (now Quo)Head of Content2021
GoDaddyGTM Lead, WooCommerce2020–2021
SkyVerge (acq. by GoDaddy)Head of Marketing2017–2021
x.aiInterim Head of Content2017
SaentContent, Marketing & Partnerships2015–2017
FeedlyContent & Marketing Manager2014
MashableExecutive Director, Editorial Projects2009–2014
SitePointLead Blogger2008–2009
ReadWriteLead Writer / Editor2007–2008

I attended the University of Rhode Island and Ithaca College (but finished at neither). For the full story, find me on LinkedIn.

Writing

I've written about technology since 1998. A few selected clips:

6 things remote companies must do to build great culture InVision (PDF)
In The Engagement Economy, Advocacy Trumps Loyalty Adobe/CMO.com (PDF)
Why New Media Literacy Is Vital for Quality Journalism Mashable
Baseball Everywhere: How MLB Is Innovating With Digital Media Mashable
Why Printed Books Will Never Die Mashable
AI and the rise of the emotional economy x.ai
We landed a Y Combinator interview. This is what happened. Saent
Kickstarting a community with crowdfunding Jilt (PDF)
How AirGarage provides better service with OpenPhone OpenPhone

About

I'm a creative marketer and remote work expert with experience across the entire marketing funnel. I specialize in brand and content marketing, demand generation, GTM strategy, product-led growth, and building high-performing marketing teams.

I've built and led globally distributed teams, and managed multimillion dollar budgets with P&L responsibility.

Want to work together? Connect on LinkedIn